SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KADUNA STATE, ARC MOHAMMED
NAMADI SAMBO AT THE FLAG-OFF CEREMONY OF ICT TRAINING
WORKSHOP FOR CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE STATE ON MONDAY, 16TH
JUNE, 2008, AT DIALOGUE COMPUTER TRANINIG INSITUTE, NO 1
KUDAN ROAD BY LEGISLATIVE QUARTERS, U/DOSA, KADUNA, AT
10:00 AM
I feel highly elated to be in your midst to
witness this ceremony of ICT Training Workshop for Civil
Servants in the State.
On our assumption of office, we made a
commitment towards revamping and retraining the entire
personnel in the Civil Service in order to achieve
e-Governance in the State. Thereafter, a roadmap was
designed and pursued which involved ICT training that will
cut across all strata and cadre of the Civil Service;
these includes the procurement of computer laptops and
desktop and the installation of Internet Facilities
amongst others.
The ICT training, which we are here to
commission, is an e-Governance initiative put in place to
promote the optimal use of ICT in ensuring efficient,
effective, transparent and accessible Government.
In pursuance to our resolve and in order to
implement the project, in December 2007, Honourable
Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries as well as Chief
Executives of Parastatals were trained in ICT by a
reputable firm, Dialogue Computer Institute, which is
still undertaking this training. This was preceded by the
distribution of two hundred (200) laptops to Honourable
Commissioners, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries and
Chief Executives of Parastatals.
Having trained the top public officers on
the ICT, we further approved the training of additional
eight thousand (8000) Civil Servants of various categories
as the first phase of this project to ensure the
e-Governance initiative covers the whole service. In this
regard, Government has approved the release of the sum of
N120 Million for the training exercise. This is in
our firm belief that the adoption of the ICT training in
the Civil Service will be for the betterment of all
workers as it will make them compete favourably in an
increasing ICT driven world.
Our gathering here together to perform the
flag-off ceremony of the ICT training for Civil servants
in Kaduna State portends a glad tiding for the future of
the service in the State.
It is my singular honour and privilege to
flag-off the ICT training Workshop for Civil Servants in
the State.
Thank you and God bless.
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